I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

"Hmm? You've never been to the Wasteland, yet you know that this name represents Hades?"

Trist was somewhat surprised, but then nodded to himself.

"These things are probably mentioned in the descriptions of some items."

"?"

Lu Ban noticed something was wrong.

"Old Cui, which number of the Chosen One are you?"

"Number 178, what's wrong?"

Drizzt, his eyes fixed ahead, answered casually.

Do you know about Old Days Video Network?

Lu Ban then asked.

"What is Japan Video Network?"

Trist looked slightly confused.

"What about the ruined capital?"

"A ruined capital?"

Drizzt's confusion deepened.

"I live in the ruined capital."

Lu Ban's heart sank.

Sure enough, Lu Ban had felt something was off since the beginning.

Twisted Fate does not use the language of Lu Ban's world. He does not know Lu Ban, nor does he know anything about Lu Ban's world. Greek mythology, such as Hades, is knowledge that is difficult for Twisted Fate to understand.

Therefore, he is not from the world where Lu Ban lives.

This did not surprise Lu Ban, because if the Silent Land could teleport Lu Ban to another world, then teleporting people from other worlds into it would be no problem at all.

The only thing that surprised him was that Drizzt came from the ruins.

In other words, people from other realms can also become chosen ones of the Silent Land, entering other worlds to complete missions.

"So that's how it is..."

Lu Ban suddenly made contact.

Therefore, the two beginner tutorial quests he completed at the beginning did not create strange things in that world because of the system.

Rather, it's because Lu Ban's world is originally a strange and desolate place.

As he pondered, the carriage stopped again.

Lu Ban poked his head out.

He saw a stone statue standing in front of the horses.

The stone statue was in a contorted pose, praying in a certain direction.

The lower half of the stone statue resembles a slightly damaged, normal human body.

The head of that stone statue is a fish.

Chapter 064 The Road Back

"You've come back?"

Drizzt was startled, loosened his grip on the reins, and picked up the lantern to shine it.

The statue was undoubtedly exactly the same as the ones they had seen before.

"Or are there many similar stone statues along the way, used to deceive people?"

He illuminated the stone statue, the eerie, somewhat religiously significant statue, which had a notch in its head.

That notch was the piece that Lu Ban had knocked off with his crowbar.

"..."

Both of them fell silent.

"I thought something might happen at the wedding, but now it seems that just attending the wedding in Drywater Town is already quite difficult."

Drizzt sighed.

"At least we weren't attacked."

Lu Ban added a sentence.

No sooner had he finished speaking than Drizzt saw what appeared to be a figure behind the statue.

The man's build was normal, but his face still had deep wrinkles, and his eyes bulged out like a fish's.

He was only wearing a t-shirt on his upper body, revealing his dark and muscular physique. It wasn't the kind of muscle sculpted by bodybuilding, but rather the physique of someone who had been doing repetitive, day-to-day labor.

The man stood behind the stone statue, staring intently at the carriage, at Lu Ban, and at Drizzt.

Do you know how to get to Kushui Town?

Lu Ban immediately asked.

“Dry, water, town, forward, ahead.”

The man pointed ahead into the dim mist.

His voice was deliberate and halting, like a broken record.

Lu Ban found the "Last Words" in his hand. He listened carefully, but still couldn't hear the other person's heartbeat.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ban picked up a crowbar and got off the carriage.

"Hey, watch out."

Drizzt offered a reminder.

Stepping onto the hard, cold stone path, the bone-chilling cold seemed to seep through his shoes. Lu Ban, holding a flashlight, approached the stone statue. The fog grew thicker, shrouding the carriage and Trist behind him in a thin veil. Lu Ban didn't get too close, still holding onto the horse's reins with one hand.

"We're going to Kushui Town."

Lu Ban repeated a sentence.

“Dry, water, town, forward, ahead.”

The man repeated the sentence.

Which path should we take?

Lu Ban asked again.

"Go, this, road."

The man pointed to the cobblestone path beneath his feet.

"No, we're going to Drywater Town. This road will only lead us back."

Lu Ban said something.

“Dry, water, town, forward, ahead.”

The man kept repeating it.

Does this road really lead to Kushui Town?

Lu Ban checked it again.

"Go, this, road."

The man said blankly.

"..."

Lu Ban glanced back at Trist, who also looked helpless.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ban began to ask questions.

How do I get to Erxian Bridge?

The man paused for a moment, then pointed to the gravel path on the ground.

"Go, this, road."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ban understood perfectly.

This person, or rather these people in the fog, probably only have some simple reactions and no cognition or intelligence of their own.

Or rather, it's uncertain whether these people are even still alive.

Lu Ban shone his flashlight on the man's face. For an ordinary person, this would be very impolite, but the other person did not react and just stood there blankly.

Lu Ban raised the crowbar and slowly poked it towards the other person's shoulder.

Just as the crowbar was about to touch the man's shoulder, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Lu Ban's crowbar.

That's not this person's hand.

Following the bony arm to the side, Lu Ban saw another person who looked different from the former, but also had big eyes and a face full of wrinkles.

As the flashlight beam shone behind them, Lu Ban saw that behind the two men, there were many more people just like them.

These people stood there as if they had been there since ancient times, completely still, their enormous, protruding eyes fixed on Lu Ban.

Perhaps, when the coachman got out to urinate, when Lu Ban and Twisted Fate were observing the statue, when the carriage was traveling in this dark and silent night, on the roadside, among the ruins of those buildings, on the weeds and graves, in the thick, impenetrable fog, these people stood quietly in place, gazing at them.

"Come back quickly."

Trist shouted, his revolver poised to fire.

His vision was blurred, and the scene was undoubtedly terrifying. The densely packed creatures that resembled humans but were not human at all made Trist feel dizzy. Only the coldness of the metal in his hands could calm him down a little.

Without even checking, it's clear that Twisted Fate's sanity has decreased by at least three points.

"and many more."

Lu Ban took a half step back and could see some people disappearing from sight as they were obscured by the fog.